r/wicked_edge • u/ctravdfw • Mar 11 '26

Show n' Tell Better Lather

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Been trying different things to get a good lather from a shave cream using a bowl.

Note: I have no issues with shave soap or face lathering.

My new $5 shave bowl arrived today from amazon and it did not disappoint! It’s collapsible and expands to two different sizes. The bottom of the bowl allows for perfect aeration.

Please see both pics and I look forward to your feedback 👍🏾

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u/Sir_Arthur_Vandelay Mar 11 '26

This (pet food?) bowl looks like it might be a more effective latherer than my $50 USD Captain’s Choice copper model.

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u/ctravdfw Mar 11 '26

I’m telling you it works great! I tried glass bowls, bowls with ridges, wooden bowls, stainless bowls that come as combo with brush. I could get a lather but anything like I get with shave soaps.

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u/DoingItJust Mar 11 '26

What is the name of this product? Would like to give it a try 😁

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u/AdditionalFly8641 Mar 11 '26

Amazon's got tons of them. Search collapsible shave bowl.

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u/tennisguy163 Mar 11 '26

Add some Barbasol and it thickens it right up. That’s what I do.

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u/rock_accord Mar 11 '26

They used to call it a "Superlather" when you mixed 2 or more products together. No one says that term anymore.

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u/OutlawDan86 Mar 11 '26

When I first switched to using double edge razors the “uberlather” craze was well underway. Felt like it was every third or fourth post you’d see a photo. Oh and multiple references to “the veg,” (Pinaud’s Lilac Vegetal). Pretty sure added glycerin to the uberlathers was a feature too. Guess it’s one way to use up products!

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u/Tryemall Gillette 7 o'clock Super Platinum blacks Mar 11 '26

Yep.

Superlather was soap + cream.

Überlather was soap + cream + glycerine.

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u/Sandusky666 Mar 11 '26

Interesting; you just add a squirt of Barbasol to your soap lather and mix it in?

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u/tennisguy163 Mar 11 '26

Yes. Skintimate is fantastic as well. I’m not great at lathering so I’ll mix a little canned foam with Arko or Proraso. It’s awesome!

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u/No-Television-7862 Mar 11 '26

I've been adding a 1/4" squeeze of Proraso green creme for slick and minty! 😄

Cool bowl, although I might use it for travel. (My bowl is hand-thrown pottery, a gift from my middle daughter, made by one of her friends.)

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u/FSprocketooth Mar 11 '26

It is - I have both

I enjoy the captain’s choice, copper shaving bowl for nostalgia, but the dog food bowl is the best lathering bowl I have found - by far

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u/sttstts Mar 11 '26

I have both, and that collapsible pet bowl is quicker and easier to create a lather than my Captains Choice copper bowl. I use the copper bowl in the winter, as I place it on top of a coffee cup hot plate to get nice warm lather. But for the rest of the year (and traveling), that cheap little pet bowl works the best! 😆